November SFFKIT: Recommended Books

Read a book recommended to you by a friend, family member, or some other personal acquaintance, but not a software program.



Let us know what you read and update the the wiki if you wish.

I am choosing How High We Go In The Dark, recommended by an online friend from The Netherlands. We often 'read together' online, when our time zones can coincide enough that we are both awake at the same time!

I’m going to read either The Absolute at Large by Karel Čapek, recommended to me by our own pamelad, or Children of God by Mary Doria Russell, recommended (and given to me) by my sister-in-law. The choice will depend on whether I feel like laughing or crying that day.

BTW, if anyone needs a recommendation, I personally recommend All Systems Red by Martha Wells, the first of the Murderbot Diaries. If you’ve already read it, you don’t need me to suggest that you read the rest! All Systems Red is short (novella-length), funny, and charming. Even if you don’t love it, I’ve yet to hear of anyone who hates it (though if you do, I’d be interested to hear why).

Jack Finney's Time and Again was a Santa Thing gift last year (thank you, TanyaJ!), and I'll be reading that.

I have set up the 2025 Category Challenge group here: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24518/2025-Category-Challenge. Feel free to stop by anytime, start suggesting CATs and KITs, and post your threads for the 2025 challenge!

(I'm posting this notification to a bunch of threads, so sorry if you see it multiple times!)

I am planning to read a space opera that was recommended by a fellow Category Challenger, Ikernaugh (Lori). Drifters' Alliance by Elle Casey, which is the first book in a series.

If you haven't yet visited the 2025 Category Challenge group, come on over! CAT and KIT discussion is in progress, and we're going to start voting on Wednesday, November 6. So if you'd like to suggest a CAT or KIT for next year, check out the discussion and make your proposals here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365087.

I'm posting this several places in the 2024 group, so my apologies if you see it a bunch of times!

I am going to read The Android's Dream by John Scalzi. A neighbor had an extra ticket a few years ago to a talk Scalzi was giving at a local bookstore and of course I raised my hand to attend. Based on her invitation to this talk, I'm going to pick this as-yet-unread Scalzi out of my bag from DragonCon a couple of years ago.

>10 threadnsong: I have that in the TBR. I'll be interested in what you think. Admittedly, I adore John Scalzi.

The 2025 SF&FKIT is up and five months are available for people to host. Please join us next year!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/365472

I read A Sorceress Comes to Call, recommended by several friends who enjoyed it.

Today (Sunday, November 10) is the last day for voting on the 2025 CATs, so if you haven't voted yet, you can do so here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365087. See message #73 and following. Again, cross-posting in many places, so sorry if you see this message multiple times.

Read The Ministry of Time, based on a passionate recommendation I read somewhere recently, forgot where, might have been somewhere on LT.
Quite good time travel story.
I just read Four thousand weeks - Time management for mortals which has some discussion of Heidegger, including a bit about humans being time instead of moving through time, which I thought gave an interesting perspective on aspects of this time travel model.

I just finished The Absolute at Large by Karel Čapek, another excellent satire. (I read The War with the Newts earlier this year.)

I just posted the December thread here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365744

Sorry for the delay!

I read Time and Again by Jack Finney

I finished The Android's Dream by John Scalzi, and while I love his snark and his humor, I almost DNF this book. He got so caught up in "telling" instead of "showing" that I struggled to find a plot. When I did find one, it was pure Scalzi. An Interesting-Ever-After instead of Happily-Ever-After.

I have concluded my read of Drifters' Alliance 1 by Elle Casey. This was a book bullet that I took from Lori (Ikernaugh) some time ago and she didn't steer me wrong as it was a quick and lively read. I am looking forward to continuing on with the series.

I have finished The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai which was an excellent recommendation from someone I follow on BookTube.